pouque

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Etymology

From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.

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Noun

pouque f (plural pouques)

  1. (Jersey, Normandy) bag
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 537:
      A flleur de Mars—ni pouque ni sac;
      A flleur d'Avril—pouque et baril;
      A flleur de Mai—barrique et touné.
      Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
      Blossom in April fills bag and barrel;
      Blossom in May fills hogshead and tun.
  2. (Jersey, anatomy) scrotum
  3. (Guernsey) traditionally, one of the little people, an impish character

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